Collective redundancy consultation: Decision to close school unless pupil numbers improved triggered consultation obligation

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  E Ivor Hughes Educational Foundation v Morris and others [2015] IRLR 696 EAT (1 other report)

  • Strategic decision to close school unless pupil numbers improved triggered collective redundancy consultation obligations

    Date:

    30 June 2015

    The Employment Appeal Tribunal has held that a school's obligation to consult on collective redundancies arose when a provisional decision was made in February 2013 that the school would close unless the pupil intake number improved by April 2013.